House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 3, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 9, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5883.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 162, October 3, 2023, Page H4987):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Increases benefits to survivors of federal employees who die in the line of duty.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 3, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 179 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5883, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5883
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gerald Connolly.
- H.Res. 1056 (118th) Recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and South Korea.
- H.R. 1176 (118th) Taiwan International Solidarity Act
- H.R. 4016 (118th) Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act
- H.R. 7527 (118th) Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2024
- H.R. 5532 (118th) Russia-North Korea Cooperation Sanctions Act
- H.R. 4157 (118th) Not Just a Number Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.